Advanced Permalinks vs Custom Permalinks

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health F39

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Permalinks moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Advanced Permalinks	Custom Permalinks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	F · 39	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	59/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.4★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	9	116 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.5y ago	22d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	133	92.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	3.7% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced PermalinksCustom Permalinks

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.